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Contact hole standard test device, method of forming the same, method testing contact hole, method and apparatus for measuring a thickness of a film, and method of testing a wafer

US6967327B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 8, 2004
Grant dateNov 22, 2005
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24331
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides a standard test device used for testing a hole of a semiconductor device. The standard test device has a structure which comprises: at least a dummy film on a base surface; at least an insulating layer which has at least one opening penetrating through the insulating layer, so that a part of a top surface of the at least dummy film is shown through the at least one opening, wherein the at least dummy film has a predetermined constant thickness at least around the at least one opening. The standard test device makes it easily possible to determine or measure a thickness of a residual film on a bottom of the contact hole.

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